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inscrutability

Variant of inscrutable

adjective

that cannot be easily understood; completely obscure or mysterious; unfathomable; enigmatic

Origin: ME < LL(Ec) inscrutabilis < L in-, not + scrutari, to search carefully, examine: see scrutiny

Related Forms:

inscrutability noun
inscrutably adverb

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